Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna Preview at GameSpy

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An advance look that also features some commentary from Mad Doc Software's Ian Davis and Gas Powered Games' Chris Taylor.

By IGN Staff

Chris Taylor states in this Legends of Aranna preview that there is something of a technology share going on between his company - which is developing Dungeon Siege 2 - and Mad Doc Software, the developer of the upcoming expansion to the original game:

Taylor said after he approached Davis about doing the project, it was only a matter of getting a proposal from Mad Doc on how it would handle the expansion. There was constant feedback going back and forth throughout the proposal stage and development process to make sure the game stayed within the original GPG vision.

"Everyone in our office played the original game," Davis said. "We are big RPG fans. The chance to work in Chris's world was thrilling. We had a lot of people willing to work on it."

Taylor said that part of the give-and-take has involved updated code from Dungeon Siege 2, but Davis added that his team has provided new code in the expansion that may also go into the sequel.

"Most of the things we got from the Dungeon Siege 2 code are an upgraded version of the editor and some of the new features from the sequel. We also got some of the updated camera-control system for cinematics."

Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna is expected to ship this fall through publisher Microsoft. The add-on is set shortly after the conclusion of the original game, and casts the player as the defender of a snowy hamlet who must venture forth to defeat an ancient evil. - Annihilator